Brain, Symbol & Experience: Towards a Neurophenomenology of Human Consciousness

by Charles D. Laughlin, Eugene G. D'Aquili, John McManus

Reprint, in paper covers, of the Columbia U. Press edition of 1990. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Anthropology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Psychology, Biology

Paperback

First published June 16, 1990

Reviews

[Greg Coates · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intriguing argument for the discipline of anthropology to shift from an exclusively scientific Western epistemology toward an embrace of alternative methods of knowing -- namely, inner meditation and contemplation. Equal parts neuroscience and mysticism, I've never read anything quite like this. It does raise some fascinating epistemological questions about the contextual nature of all knowledge and the biological foundations for the way we structure our reality, but the authors seem blind to the circular nature of their own reasoning and do not adequately address arguments that can potentially deconstruct their own position.

[Damon]

on my list of MUST READ BEFORE WRITING THESIS